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10/18/2025

October 15, 2025. SUGAR dropped a new single!!!! "House of Dead Memories."

official music video for Sugar's 2025 single – House of Dead Memories. Available to stream everywhere now - https://Sugar.ln...

10/16/2025

RIP Spaceman. So many guitarists cited your fretboard technique.

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has passed away at 74 after being put on life support, according to a statement from his family.

07/31/2025

04/04/2025

12/06/2024

On December 6, 1948 we lost musical giant Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly

One night, Ledbetter was at a party where he heard Irish singer Sam Kennedy perform a song about a milk cow called “Drimmin Down,” (Also known as "An droimfhionn donn dilís.”) Now, the American was unable to understand the Gaelic lyrics (to be fair, few can) Leadbetter asked the singer to write down an English translation.

Lead Belly used the notes to create a new melody on his 12-string guitar. Eventually, the song became “If It Wasn't for Dicky.” Later on, The Weavers (Pete Seeger and Lee Hays) put their spin on it. The result became the folk standard “Kisses Sweeter than Wine,” but keeping Lead Belly's melody.

"The transformation from a traditional Irish folk song to an American folk standard illustrates how musical traditions can evolve," writes Grammy winner Lance Ledbetter. For this and other discussions about our musical heritage please head over to Dust-to-Digital

Or check out their substack: https://substack.com/

[Photo Credit - Lead Belly with his dog, from the John Reynolds Collection at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.] Garrett Haines

11/15/2024

Congratulations to Pittsburgh's own ChaRon Don on the debut screening of WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME. Many hands helped bring this production to the screen, including filmmaker/documentarian W Feagins, Jr, Wfjrfilms Director/Cinematographer/Editor Aeyron Moore, Directors William Baró and Helman Avelle Soberón, Tizzy Tokyo, Jordan Beckham, Rafael Abreu-Canedo, Pablo Seijo, Stephen Dixon, and Zakhino Zakee Producers Jaron Lamot / DJ Huggy, Supa C zingatherpith, Cooxie Berriana, and Londell Robinson.
Mastered for surround at Treelady Studios

10/25/2024

Sad news. Matthew Sweet suffered a stroke a few days ago. Doctors say his road to recover will be long and difficult. Like many artists, he has no or little health insurance. His main source of income is touring, and obviously that's impossible at this time.

If you feel so moved, there is a GoFund me page for his medical expenses.

Wishing him a speedy recovery.

Matthew Sweet, our longtime inspiration and dear friend, suff… Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet needs your support for Support Matthew Sweet's Stroke Recovery

03/01/2024

Met him when he was in high school. Not surprised he's making his mark in the industry! Check out Sunset Place Recording Studio owner Destin LeCornu's interview on the Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast.

The Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast interviews local business owners and entrepreneurs about their origins and experiences. I definitely recommend checking out his other episodes too. They're inspiring.

https://www.proprietorsofpittsburgh.com/episodes/get-good-first-destin-lecornu-owner-of-sunset-place-studio?fbclid=IwAR1On3fYSGcwqy0dHstMeKPXy3xBV9Qv6qP7V-gZwbkrjK_Ig94pvPe9kkg

02/26/2024

Pre-orders start soon. Don't miss out!

02/26/2024

01/16/2024

It's that time again. Unless you have plastic or metal instruments, this is important.

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